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' G. MAURO;

POOL TABLE No.'-585,6125.; Patented Mar. 12,1895;

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GIOVANNI MAURO, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

POOL-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,625, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed October 4, 1894. Serial No. 524,855. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GIOVANNI MAURO, a subjectof the King of Italy,residing in Paterson, Passaic county, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pool-Tables; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a bagatelle or pool table ofnovel and simple construction.

My invention consists in the improved pool table and in the combinationand arrangement of the various parts thereof substantially as will behereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses ofthe claim.

channel at provided on its inside end with a partly grooved block eadapted to form a rest and guide for the cue. At the inner end of thetable Ct is arranged a series of chambers or receptacles 0", each oneprovided with a specified number. Parallel with said series of chambersand a certain distance in front of the latter ones is another series ofchambers or receptacles q alternately arranged with a series of passagesq. Said chambers and also each of said passages is also provided with acertain number.

Centrally located and connecting the forward portion of the table withthe central one of the chambers r is a passage .9, adapted to guide theball fafter entering said passage into said central chamber 0". On eachside of said passage is arranged an opening 0 penetrating the table aand communicating with the channel or chamber t arranged on the underside of said table and terminating in the catch or outlet u. Around eachof said holes are arranged regularly or irregularly a series of pins padapted to be stricken by the rolling ball and thus change itsdirection. In front of the chambers or receptacles q is also arranged aseries of pins 19, surrounding openings o, the latter againcommunicating with the chamber t.

At the forward end of the table and centrally located is arranged a bellg depending from bracket 7t. Below said bell is an opening 2' alsocommunicating with the chambert and right above the free end of lever kpivoted as at Z to the under side of the table. To the other end of saidlever is pivotally secured as at w. an upwardly projecting sign plate n(provided with a certain number) and adapted to be raised through slotat to and above the surface of the table a.

The openings 0', o and t are of a size sufficient to allow the ballftofreely 'pass through; the bottom or floor of the chamber or tunneltconsists of a piece of canvas 41, secured to the table a in any desiredmanner.

The game consists in propelling a ball with a one, along either of thechannels d. The ball after leaving said channel, returns by the force ofgravity toward the plane of its starting point. In the meantime howeverit may strike the bellg, (counting say one hundred for the player.) Itmay also pass down through the opening 1' into the free end. of leveris, causing said lever to tilt and thus display the signboard n whichmay be marked 200; that number of points going to the credit of theplayer. The ball will then drop off the lever into the tunnel, whichbeing provided with a canvas floor, will not injure the ball nor willthere be any noise from the ball rolling down along the canvas towardthe receptacle u. However the ball may take a different direction in itsreturn course, and by rolling against the pins 19, or p may roll intothe openings 0 or o, and be conducted by the tunnel to the outlet at oragain it may pass into the receptacles q or r, or into the passage 8,when the number of opening, receptacle or passage is placed to thecredit of the player.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a pool table, the combinatiomwith the inclined base rounded at theouter end, of a chan nel arranged at each side of the table andextending to about the rounded portion thereof, a series of markedchambers at the inner end of the table, a series of marked chambersalterately arranged with a series of marked passages traversing theinclined base a certain distance in front of the inner marked chambersand parallel therewith, thus forming" two fields or compartments on saidbase, a channel extending from the central one of the inner series ofmarked chambers to the central one of the passages of the second seriesof chambers and thus dividing the rear-compartment of the inclined baseinto two fields or sections, each of said sections being provided withan opening penetrating the base, a series of pins in each of saidsections, a series of pins in the forward compartment, said forwardcompartment being also provided with a series of openings penetratingthe base, and a ball adapted to be propelled by a cue, all said partssubstantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this2d day of 25 October, 1894.

GIOVANNI MAURO, Witnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, DUNCAN M. ROBERTSON.

